Alert archive / Ohio / Areal Flood Warnings in 2015
Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Apr 9, 2015, 5:42 AM EDT for Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2015, 5:42 AM EDT (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2015, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Knox County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Apr 9, 4:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 345 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027-028-033-089-PAZ001>003-100745- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL- WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-MAHONING-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 345 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PATCHY DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED MAINLY IN NORTHEAST COUNTIES THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 45 MPH ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. OHZ029>032-036>038-047-100745- RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX- 345 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THERE IS A HEIGHTENED RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 45 MPH ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-100745- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA- ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- 345 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 402 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 OHZ011>014-022-023-033-089-PAZ001>003-091100- CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-MAHONING- ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...RAVENNA...WARREN...YOUNGSTOWN...ASHTABULA...ERIE... EDINBORO...MEADVILLE 402 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 AM... FOG WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH EARLY MORNING. THE FOG COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. THE FOG WILL BEGIN TO LIFT AROUND 7 AM. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Marion | 46 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Marion | 8 days |
| Apr 9, 3:15 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 8 days |
| Apr 9, 3:32 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CLE | 24 hr | |
| Apr 9, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 26 min |
| Apr 9, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 72 min | |
| Apr 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 54 min |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2015Every areal flood warning in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.